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Antioch Historical Museum

Antioch Historical Museum from directly overhead

Antioch Historical Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Union High School, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.01630, -121.82658
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Prosserville Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sixth Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fairview Park: 0.5 mi
  • Contra Costa Event Park: 0.6 mi
  • Contra Loma Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
  • Rose Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Kreiger Peak: 6.0 mi
  • Mulligan Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Seeno Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Olympia: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Deer Flat: 10.6 mi
  • Mount Diablo Summit Barbecue Area: 10.6 mi
  • Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Grapevine Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Toyon Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Our Lady of Pittsburg: 3.3 mi
  • Heritage Plaza: 3.3 mi
  • The Steelworker: 3.3 mi
  • The Fisherman: 3.3 mi
  • "Red Salmon" fishing boat: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Babe Ruth Baseball Field: 0.1 mi
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 10.8 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 10.8 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 10.8 mi
  • Tea Cups: 10.8 mi
Museums: 38
Springs: 16
  • Sycamore Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Soto Springs: 11.2 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Burma Spring: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 3
  • Mitchell Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 12.2 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Antioch Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloSSW 207°1,173 m10.5 mi
Devil's PulpitSSW 206°1,110 m10.4 mi
North PeakSSW 205°1,084 m9.4 mi
Ransom PointSSW 208°1,037 m10.2 mi
Mount OlympiaSSW 207°898 m9.0 mi
Eagle PeakSW 218°722 m10.0 mi
Red Leg PeakS 178°652 m11.2 mi
Oyster PointSSW 192°644 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4619:5520:34
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2116:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616773767573665548
Precip in2.72.41.90.90.40.10.00.00.10.41.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antioch Pumping PLT #3, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368173997

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